By Steven Spielberg, on Norman Rockwell

“Frank Capra made movies about community, and about the bringing together of community. He made movies about a single person, the kind of individual that goes against the grain of, let’s say, a movement. Like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, where a single person, through his courage and tenacity, suddenly brings everybody onto his side.  I think there are similarities between some of the Capra films and a lot of the Rockwell art. But there were also American filmmakers at that time, like William Wyler, who made The Best Years of Our Lives that also spoke to Rockwell, as Rockwell spoke about the sense of community, and the sense of a community in need of repair.”
-Steven Spielberg